Catch up with 'Dead Space' in 'The Story So Far' clip

Floating above a frozen planet in 'Dead Space 3'. Photo: AFP

Chilling survival horror series "Dead Space" -- cribbing notes from sci-fi movies "The Thing" and "Event Horizon," warning us against mankind's unchecked lust for power -- has issued a three-minute story catch-up in advance of February's "Dead Space 3."

The first game in the series, released in 2008, was a surprise hit that reinvigorated interest a then-ailing survival horror genre; come 2011, "Dead Space 2" was trading some of that measured, terrifying pacing for more nectomorph-battling action.